The eating of non-nutritive substances is the definition of which eating disorder?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

   A. 1 & 4
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

2. Dysthymic disorder and cyclothymic disorder and two varieties of:

   A. mood disorder
   B. conversion disorder
   C. schizophrenia
   D. somatoform disorder

3. What is the main between a generalized anxiety disorder and a panic disorder?

   A. A panic disorder causes connected, related panic attacks
   B. A panic disorder causes a constant feeling of worry and tension
   C. A panic disorder causes uncomfortable moments of high tension
   D. A panic disorder causes random, unrelated panic attacks

4. Which of the following is not a disorder that frequently exists in people with antisocial disorder?

   A. Schizophrenia
   B. Histrionic personality Disorder
   C. Generalized anxiety Disorder
   D. Somatization Disorder

5. Which brain structure plays a major role in eating behavior?

   A. Hypothalamus
   B. Hippocampus
   C. Frontal lobe
   D. Carpus Callosum

6. Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

   A. taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
   B. taste aversions can be unlearned as well
   C. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
   D. there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

7. Which is TRUE regarding the influence of cultural values on eating behaviors?

   A. They are the primary cause of innate taste aversion
   B. They greatly affect the incentive value of various foods
   C. They determine a person’s set point for various foods
   D. They have a homeostatic influence on amount of food consumed

8. The functions of some peripheral factors in the control of eating can be demonstrated by the sham feeding preparation. But which of the following is NOT true? In the sham feeding preparation:

   A. The animal tastes smells and eats the food normally
   B. The stomach becomes full
   C. It becomes clear that the taste and smell of food provide the immediate reward for food-motivated behavior
   D. It becomes clear that oropharyngeal make us feel satiated

9. The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?

   A. cerebral cortex
   B. amygdala
   C. corpus collosum
   D. hypothalamus

10. Which area of brain are closely connected to hunger, eating and satiation?

    A. medulla oblongata
    B. hippocampus
    C. hypothalamus
    D. thalamus